The Cooch Behar PALACE // Victor Jubilee PALACE

The Cooch Behar PALACE // Victor Jubilee PALACE
The name Cooch Behar is derived from the name of the Koch or Rajbongshi tribes indigenous to this region for many centuries.The word behar is derived from Sanskrit: विहार vihara
Cooch Bihar became part of the state of West Bengal on 19 January 1950, with Cooch Behar town as its headquarters
Cooch Behar Palace, also called the Victor Jubilee Palace, is a landmark in Cooch Behar city, West Bengal. It was modeled after the Buckingham Palace in London in 1887, during the reign of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan.
The Cooch Behar Palace, noted for its elegance and grandeur, is a property of The Mantri's. It is a brick-built double-story structure in the classical Western style covering an area of 51,309 square feet (4,766.8 m2). The whole structure is 395 feet (120 m) long and 296 feet (90 m) wide and is on rests 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 m) above the ground. The Palace is fronted on the ground and first floors by a series of arcaded verandahs with their piers arranged alternately in single and double rows. At the southern and northern ends, the Palace projects slightly and in the centre is a projected porch providing an entrance to the Durbar Hall. The Hall has an elegantly shaped metal dome which is topped by a cylindrical louver type ventilator. This is 124 feet (38 m) high from the ground and is in the style of the Renaissance architecture. The intros of the dome is carved in stepped patterns and Corinthian columns support the base of the cupola. This adds variegated colours and designs to the entire surface. There are various halls in the palace and rooms that include the Dressing Room, Bed Room, Drawing Room, Dining Hall, Billiard hall, Library, Toshakhana, Ladies Gallery and Vestibules. The articles and precious objects that these rooms and halls used to contain are now lost.
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[@AJKERSAMPURNA2018]

peoples of Cooch Behar are so kind. Thank you for your comment. keep well.

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Get down from a train in New Coochbehar(NCB) Station. From NCB you will get auto or bus to reach the Palace. Thanks.